Ralston has posted a teachers union poll of 500 voters. Includes questions about favorables/unfavorables of special interest groups, elected officials, candidates, industries, issues (taxes, education).
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Finally: Nevada is Number One!
By Elizabeth Crum | 11:45 am February 12th, 2010In most dissatisfied residents, according to CNS News:
Bottom Ten States for Resident Satisfaction with Standard of Living
50-Nevada 69.0
49-Rhode Island 69.8
48-Michigan 70.1
47-Ohio 70.9
46-Georgia 71.0
45-Florida 71.2
44-Arkansas 71.4
43-South Carolina 71.4
42-West Virginia 71.6
41-Tennessee 71.6
Here are the states in which people are happier:
1-North Dakota 82.3
2-South Dakota 80.8
3-Alaska 80.4
4-Minnesota 79.4
5-Iowa 79.0
6-Nebraska 78.3
7-Montana 78.0
8-Idaho 77.6
9-Hawaii 77.4
10-New Mexico 77.4
Latest Rasmussen #s on GOP U.S. Senate Primary, Nevada Issues
By Elizabeth Crum | 11:39 am February 5th, 2010Politico has the sum up, and here’s the Rasmussen page. The numbers are kind of a yawn because they haven’t moved. Reid’s at between 39 and 41% against Lowden, Tarkanian, Angle and Krolicki, and each of those candidates (or not-yet-candidates, in K’s case) is within 4 points of one another.
More interesting is all the stuff farther down the page (I bolded the issue on which the largest number of Nevadans seem to be in agreement):
Forty-two percent (42%) of Nevada voters say their finances are good or excellent, while 17% say their finances are poor. But while 26% think their own finances are getting better, 45% say they are getting worse.
Forty-six percent (46%) believe it is possible to balance the federal budget without raising taxes, but 38% disagree.
Fifty-nine percent (59%) favor an across-the-board tax cut for all Americans, while 28% are opposed. Fifty-seven percent (57%) think cutting taxes is a better way to create jobs than increasing government spending. Only 14% say increased spending is a better way to go.
Fifty percent (50%) of voters in Nevada say the United States and its allies are winning the war on terror, but 26% say the terrorists are on top.
Still, voters in the state are pretty pessimistic about how safe it is in America these days. Thirty-six percent (36%) believe the country is safer today than it was before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Forty-nine percent (49%) disagree with that assessment.
Sixty-nine percent (69%) trust the judgment of the American people more than that of the nation’s political leaders when it comes to important national issues. Fourteen percent (14%) trust the leaders’ judgment more.
Seventy-eight percent (78%) in Nevada say the federal government has become a special interest group, while 75% say the government and big business often work together to hurt consumers and investors.
Indicative of this is that while 16% of Nevada voters have a very favorable view of the longtime senator [Reid], 46% regard him very unfavorably.
Twelve percent (12%) have a very favorable view of Lowden, while 11% see her very unfavorably. For Tarkanian, very favorables are 16% and very unfavorables 13%. Angle is regarded very favorably by eight percent (8%) and very unfavorably by 12%.
Fourteen percent (14%) have a very favorable view of Krolicki, and 12% think of him very unfavorably.
At this point in a campaign, Rasmussen Reports considers the number of people with a strong opinion more significant than the total favorable/unfavorable numbers.
Barack Obama won 55% of the vote in Nevada in November 2008. Now 46% of voters in the state approve of how President Obama is performing, with 27% who strongly approve. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove of the president’s job performance, including 45% who strongly disapprove. This is a higher level of disapproval than is found nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll.
Thirty-nine percent (39%) approve of Republican Governor Jim Gibbons’ job performance, while 59% disapprove.
Poll Shows Sandoval Benefiting in Three-Way Race for Governor
By Sean Whaley | 9:32 am November 23rd, 2009(Updated at 2:14 p.m. on Nov. 23.)
CARSON CITY – If Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman runs as an independent candidate for governor, he would pull more support from Democrat Rory Reid than Republican Brian Sandoval in a three-way match up, a Nevada News Bureau poll shows.
The automated poll of active voters conducted Friday and Saturday generated 3,080 responses, with 35 percent supporting Sandoval, 28 percent supporting Goodman, 21 percent supporting Reid and 16 percent preferring some other candidate.
Goodman has not decided yet whether to run for governor, and if so, as a Democrat or independent.
The poll shows Sandoval received 76 percent of his support from Republicans, 15 percent from Democrats and the remainder from other parties and nonpartisan voters.
Goodman saw his support come from Democrats, 49 percent; Republicans, 36 percent; and the remainder from other parties and nonpartisans
Reid received 78 percent of his support from Democrats, 13 percent from Republicans and the remainder from other parties and nonpartisan voters.
The poll, conducted by P.M.I. Inc., has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points. Twenty percent of those responding were in Washoe County, 57 percent were in Clark and the rest were in the rural counties.
In Clark County, Goodman received 41 percent, Sandoval had 26 percent, Reid had 21 percent and the rest preferred someone else.
In Washoe, Sandoval had 47 percent, Reid had 29 percent, Goodman had 8 percent and the rest preferred someone else.
Sandoval pulled the best numbers in the rural counties.
Jerry Dorchuck, chairman and CEO of P.M.I. Inc., said the results clearly show Goodman would be a significant factor for Reid if he ran as a nonpartisan in the general election.
“If you’re Sandoval, you would love to see Goodman in the race as an independent,” he said.
Based on a Nevada News Bureau poll from last week, which showed Reid and Goodman in a neck-and-neck race in a Democratic primary, Dorchuck said he does not believe Goodman would win in a Democratic primary contest with the Clark County Commission chairman and son of U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
“So if he is going to do this as an Independent, Goodman has to make a decision pretty soon,” he said. “I don’t see Rory Reid stopping at anything to win the primary.”
Goodman is a registered Democrat. He would have to change his voter registration by the end of December to run as an Independent.
Mike Trask, press secretary to Reid, said there will be multiple polls between now and election day and, “all we can do is to keep sharing Rory’s vision with the voters and work hard to make him our next governor.”
As to Goodman’s plans, “we have no idea what Oscar plans to do,” Trask said.
Mary-Sarah Kinner, a spokeswoman for the Sandoval campaign, said: “We continue to be encouraged by the support we are getting across Nevada.”
Goodman had no comment on the results.
In a separate poll in which 1,672 people responded, the Nevada News Bureau gauged the views of the three-way race among registered voters who have not voted in the past five years.
The results of the statewide poll were similar to the survey of active voters, with 34 percent supporting Sandoval, 29 percent supporting Goodman, 19 percent supporting Reid and 18 percent preferring some other candidate.
In Clark County, Goodman led among those inactive voters surveyed with 59 percent, Sandoval had 25 percent and Reid had 19 percent. In Washoe County, Sandoval led with 48 percent, followed by Reid with 22 percent and Goodman with 10 percent.
The survey respondents were 59 percent from Clark County, 20 percent from Washoe and 21 percent in the rural counties.
New Poll – Reid, Goodman in Dead Heat in Democratic Primary for Governor
By Sean Whaley | 4:05 pm November 16th, 2009CARSON CITY – Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is in a dead heat with Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid as the choice of Democrats in the Nevada governor‘s primary race, a Nevada News & Views poll shows.
The automated poll generated responses from 3,630 likely Democratic voters on Friday and Saturday. It shows 34 percent supporting Reid, 33 percent supporting Goodman and 33 percent preferring some other candidate if the election were held today. The poll, conducted by P.M.I. Inc., has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Those responding were equally represented from both the 702 area code for southern Nevada and the 775 area code for northern and rural Nevada.
Goodman has indicated he might run for governor, but as an independent. If so, he would have to change his voter registration from Democrat to nonpartisan by Dec. 30. His final term as mayor ends in 2011.
Despite Goodman’s strong showing with Democrats, Jerry Dorchuck, chairman and CEO of P.M.I. Inc., said he believes Reid has the edge if there is a primary contest between the two candidates.
“Rory should have easy access to his dad’s get-out-the-vote machine,” Dorchuck said. “And not all of organized labor loves Oscar.”
Reid’s father is U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who is running for reelection.
Dorchuck said a Goodman candidacy would resonate with voters in both parties who appreciate his honesty and straight talk.
“If Oscar tells me something I’m going to take it to the bank,” he said. “I respect that.”
Goodman through a spokeswoman offered no comment on the poll numbers.
Mike Trask, press secretary to Reid, said the campaign isn’t spending much time analyzing poll results.
“The election is a year away,” he said. “It’s not the first poll and it won’t be the last. We’re just running our campaign and talking to voters.”
Poll: Sandoval Leads Gibbons in GOP Primary But Many Remain Undecided
By Sean Whaley | 6:23 pm November 8th, 2009(This story was updated at 9:24 a.m. on 11/9/09.)
CARSON CITY – Former federal judge Brian Sandoval has a double-digit lead over Gov. Jim Gibbons in the June GOP primary for governor although a large percentage of voters remain on the fence, a Nevada News & Views poll shows.
The results show Sandoval, a former U.S. District Court judge who stepped down from the bench to run with 36 percent; Gibbons, who has had a rocky three years as governor with 24 percent; and none of these candidates with 33 percent. Former North Las Vegas Mayor Mike Montandon pulled 7 percent, according to the poll conducted by P.M.I. Inc.
The automated poll, conducted Friday and Saturday, generated 4,796 responses from likely Republican voters statewide. A total of 15,761 GOP voters were randomly selected for the poll. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
“I’m kind of amazed the governor is holding on like he is,” said Jerry Dorchuck, chairman and CEO of P.M.I. Inc. “One day he gets out of bed and has a great day – says something that resonates with conservative Republicans – and he’s back on track. The next day he puts his foot in his mouth.”
But Sandoval appears to be a strong favorite, he said.
“My money is on Sandoval unless something draconian is unearthed,” Dorchuck said. “In a perfect world, (U.S. Sen. John) Ensign would resign and Gibbons could appointment himself Senator and get out of Carson City.”
Mary-Sarah Kinner, a spokeswoman for the Sandoval campaign, called the numbers encouraging.
“But we’re taking nothing for granted,” she said. “We out there and we’re going to keep working.”
Robert Olmer, campaign chairman for Gibbons, also viewed the poll numbers as encouraging for the governor. They are a big improvement over a poll done for the Las Vegas Review-Journal last month, he said. The Review-Journal poll showed Sandoval with 41 percent to 20 percent for Gibbons and 35 percent undecided.
“I think this is very encouraging,” Olmer said. “If you look across party lines and across the country, most incumbents are not faring very well because of the poor economy. So moving this number in such a short time is a very positive result.”
Gibbons is determined to win the primary and the general election, he said.
Montandon said Monday he plans to go after the 33 percent of voters identified in the poll who have not yet made up their minds about a candidate, and “maybe take a few from the others while I’m at it.”
(Updated at 9:24 a.m. with comments from candidate Mike Montandon.)
